Holiday Season Weight Trends 2020
23andMe Researchers analyzed weight measurements from 23andMe research participants in the weeks before, during, and after the Christmas holiday 2020. For many of us, holiday weight gain is just another...
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Health Inspiration
Using 23andMe helped inspire Mary to take charge of her health and lose weight. It also connected her to a new niece and nephew.
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23andMe Offers New Genetic Report on Type 2 Diabetes
23andMe’s new Type 2 Diabetes report* offers customers insight into their likelihood of developing one of the most prevalent, pernicious, and yet preventable health conditions in the United States.This new...
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Your Digital Health Coach Is Here
Lark Health and 23andMe collaborated to create a new digital health coach that uses artificial intelligence (A.I), genetics and human coaching to help customers make healthy choices. Lark provides two options — a Wellness Program, for weight loss, and a CDC-recognized Diabetes Prevention Program. Both leverage your 23andMe genetic information using clinically validated A.I. to generate personalized suggestions for diet and exercise.
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Tipping the scales: Participants make healthy dietary changes in response to direct-to-consumer genetic test results
According to 23andMe research, many people reported making healthy changes to their lifestyle after receiving personalized genetic reports with information about diet and weight.
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23andMe Launches Landmark Weight Loss Study
23andMe researchers will recruit 100,000 customers to participate in the first genome-wide association study of behavioral weight loss strategies.
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23andMe Scientists To Present New Findings at ASHG
23andMe scientists will be at the annual American Society of Human Genetics meeting in Vancouver this month sharing a wide spectrum of interesting data that includes more on the genetics...
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The Genetics of Bellies and Burgers
By Nick Furlotte and Shirley Wu For many of us, the battle of the bulge is more like an all-out war. We all know people who can eat whatever they...
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Your Lifestyle, Your Health, Your Genes
There are lots of things we can’t change, but our lifestyle isn’t one of them. Good thing, too – our weight, nutrition habits, and exercise behaviors impact us beyond whether...
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SNPwatch: Jeans Too Tight? Don’t Just Blame Your Genes.
In 2009, 27% of Americans met the clinical criteria for obesity–a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater–7 percentage points higher than a mere 9 years earlier. Even this...
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